On the map - Info and Reading Options
a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks
By Simon Garfield
"On the map" was published by Gotham Books in 2013 - New York, N.Y, it has 464 pages and the language of the book is English.
“On the map” Metadata:
- Title: On the map
- Author: Simon Garfield
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 464
- Publisher: Gotham Books
- Publish Date: 2013
- Publish Location: New York, N.Y
- Library of Congress Classification: GA203 .G37 2013GA201 .G37 2013GA201 .G366 2013
“On the map” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Maps - Cartography - Map reading - Social aspects - Miscellanea - History - Cartography, history - World maps - General - New York Times reviewed - Honorariums - Cartographie - Histoire - Aspect social - Cartes géographiques - Lecture de cartes - Miscellanées - Kartografie - Kultur - Fort Worth Library
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 464 p.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL26886494M - OL19667916W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 795167619
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2013375048
- ISBN-13: 9781592407798 - 9781592407804
- ISBN-10: 159240779X
- All ISBNs: 159240779X - 9781592407798 - 9781592407804
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"On the map" Table Of Contents:
- 1- For the love of maps : foreword -- by Dava Sobel
- 2- Introduction : the map that wrote itself --
- 3- What great minds knew --
- 4- The men who sold the world --
- 5- The world takes shape --
- 6- Venice, China and a trip to the moon --
- 7- The mystery of Vinland --
- 8- Welcome to Amerigo --
- 9- What's the good of Mercator? --
- 10- The world in a book --
- 11- Mapping a cittee (without forder troble) --
- 12- Six increasingly coordinated tales of the Ordnance Survey --
- 13- The legendary mountains of Kong --
- 14- The opening of America and the gridding of Manhattan --
- 15- Cholera and the map that stopped it --
- 16- "X" marks the spot : Treasure island --
- 17- The worst journey in the world to the last place to be mapped --
- 18- Maps in all our hands : a brief history of the guidebook --
- 19- Casablanca, Harry Potter and where Jennifer Aniston lives --
- 20- How to make a very big globe --
- 21- The biggest map dealer, the biggest map thief --
- 22- Driving into lakes : how GPS put the world in a box --
- 23- Pass go and proceed directly to Skyrim --
- 24- Mapping the brain --
- 25- Epilogue : the instant, always-on, me-mapping of everywhere.
"On the map" Description:
The Open Library:
Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.
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